"There seems to be some changes on the battlefield. The enemy's blocking has become fierce. There are even field artillery?" Bao Youzhi looked towards the direction of the dock with his binoculars. He saw the artillery shells exploding among the Muscat infantry who landed, his thick eyebrows raised.
They were all wrinkled together.
"Send the order for the fleet to concentrate its fire on the dock area." Bao Youzhi ordered the ordering officer behind him.
Three large ships have just been forced to dock at the dock.
The Muscat soldiers on the ship quickly gathered on the dock along the gangplank built on the side of the ship.
Some people even rushed to the warehouse area to fight in the streets with the Zanzibar infantry who were holding on inside to consolidate the landing site on the dock.
Just as the battle between the two sides was in full swing, a group of Zanzibar soldiers wearing uniforms rushed over.
These people, working in teams of three or five, relied on their fast guns and superb tactical coordination to quickly drive out the Muscat soldiers who had infiltrated into the warehouse area.
Then they launched suppressive fire on the Muscat soldiers who landed at the dock.
The Zanzibar soldiers trained by the Chinese are still very powerful in combat. These five thousand people are not only equipped with the latest rifles, but also heavy weapons such as rotating machine guns and howitzers.
For a time, the Muscat infantry on the dock suffered heavy casualties. They had just finished gathering, and under the enemy's intensive firepower, the entire team was disrupted.
"This is my younger brother who came here in person. This new army should be his elite," Suvini said.
"It really looks like this." Bao Youzhi also held up the telescope and observed carefully.
It was already broad daylight, and the figures in the warehouse area in the distance were particularly clear under the morning light.
"This army is completely different from the Zanzibar soldiers stationed in the port area before. I seem to see the shadow of the British in them."
"It seems that Majid still chooses to get closer to the Chinese people." Suwini said.
"Your Majesty, that must be the worst decision your brother has ever made."
"Yes, China has been coveting Zanzibar for a long time. They have always wanted to get here, but I didn't expect that my brother would be confident enough to cooperate with the Chinese people. They are like hyenas on the grassland, greedy and shameless." Suwini is Oman.
One of the few people in the empire who can see the intentions of the country.
"Yes, the Chinese are too greedy, but their time has passed. The future world will be a world of win-win cooperation. Countries that always blindly exploit other countries have no future," Bao Youzhi said.
"However, Your Majesty the Sultan, your brother does not seem to know how to fight. You should not send your elite under the firepower of our fleet at this time. My men have not tried their best in the previous attack."
"Haha, okay, then I'll wait and set off a big firework." Suwini said with a smile.
He knew that his brother was going to be in bad luck.
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There is now an embassy district in the suburbs of Tianjin. Dong Shuheng made Tanggu the port of entry for the entire north.
The farthest area where those foreigners can move is the embassy area.
Without Dong Shuheng's summons, they would not be able to go to the new capital.
Dong Shuheng doesn't want to be too open now.
Because most of the people in Fuxing Road are still ignorant, which means they are a backward cultural group.
And those Europeans who go overseas obviously have more cultural advantages.
They will affect a large proportion of ordinary people.
Think about this situation that occurred in later generations during the late Manchu and Qing Dynasties.
Those who were pro-European were even divided into different factions, which influenced the country for hundreds of years.
Oh, no, or this kind of influence has always been there.
Dong Shuheng knows this. Things like culture wax and wane.
And once it is formed in people's minds, it can easily become ingrained.
"President, this is the free education bill we have enacted. Please take a look."
A middle-aged man in his forties, with a Chinese character face and a pair of eyes, who looks gentle and elegant, is in Dong Shuheng's office.
This person handed a document in his hand to Dong Shuheng.
Dong Shuheng carefully looked at the education bill in his hand.
It incorporates a lot of his opinions.
In the past, the Renaissance Army used orders or even provided a free lunch to attract people to send their children to school.
But times have changed, and this approach can no longer continue.
There are simply too many children of school age.
The six years of revival are coming to an end, and the children born in the first outbreak have already begun to study.
With such a large number of people, the education system can no longer bear it.
The Renaissance Army's main expenditures in recent years have been infrastructure, military and overseas immigration.
Needless to say, infrastructure, the most important one is railways, which are the blood vessels that connect the huge country.
The Renaissance Army has been building railways explosively over the years.
The east-west railway has reached the Yibo Sea and even extended southward to Central Asia.
The Renaissance Army has even negotiated a cooperation agreement with the Persian Empire and plans to extend this railway all the way to the Persian Empire.
The original idea was to build a large channel connecting Europe through Persia and the Ottoman Empire.
However, this idea is difficult to realize. Not to mention the complex plateau terrain in the Persian Empire, it is difficult to build railways.
The Ottoman Empire was not so easy to deal with. After all, the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire had a hostile relationship, and both sides would not allow the other side to build railways within their own territories.
The Renaissance Army has been expanding its army in the past two years, and has spent a lot of money updating its military weapons.
Among them, the navy costs the most.
The new units that Dong Shuheng created were very expensive. Whether they were airships, submarines, or tank units, they were all very expensive. This money burning started from the research and development stage.
Of course, the warships built by the Navy account for the largest part of the cost.
The last item of immigration expenditure has always been very large, because the layout must be completed as soon as possible.
Moreover, immigration work will become increasingly difficult as the local area develops.
Just like the construction of naval warships, they are generally completed in the past few years.
This resulted in the FNA's spending being too high in the short term.
The funding for the educational administration system has long been beyond its means.
This time, Minister of Education Ning Liwen came to see Dong Shuheng to show him the newly revised Education Act.
This education bill will replace the previous educational laws issued by the Renaissance Army. Those laws were too complicated, and because the Renaissance Army encouraged education at the beginning, these laws created a great burden on the government.
Not only that, these complicated laws have also caused many problems during the implementation process.
The confusion in implementation in various places not only wastes social resources, but also easily breeds corruption.
Therefore, this time Dong Shuheng was determined to formulate a systematic education bill.
For so many years, Dong Shuheng has been committed to the development of education, with the main purpose of enlightening people's wisdom.
Since the Yuan Dynasty, the thinking of the Chinese people has been castrated, and they no longer have any enterprising spirit. The spirit of a saint within and a king outside during the Han and Tang Dynasties has long been lost.
"Minister Ning, let's set this free education period for five years for the time being. A child goes to school at the age of seven, and by the time he is twelve, he can basically form his own worldview. The other twelve-year-old children can already participate in the labor force."
"But this is only temporary. In the future, when our economy gets better and fiscal revenue improves, the period of free education will be extended." Dong Shuheng said.
"President, I think the period of free education is relatively long based on five years. As far as I know, even the Great Empire does not have free education, and as far as we know, the Great Empire currently uses child labor. It’s very serious.”
Dong Shuheng naturally knew about the use of child labor, and he asked the staff of the European station to collect relevant information.
Among the major industrial countries in Europe, although the Empire of Great Britain is the strongest, the problem of child labor is the most serious.
Child labor can be seen in factories on the outskirts of London, in mines in Wales, and on Scottish pastures.
These children are often sent to factories by their parents when they are less than ten years old. At least there they can have enough to eat. A large part of the world's largest empire industry is made by these children.
Although this can reduce production costs.
However, Dong Shuheng knew that workers must also be educated, and technological improvements and advances were often created by these workers.
If they have a certain cultural foundation, it will be more beneficial to technological progress.
"Minister Ning, you know that we have always banned the use of child labor, but this is not just a lip service. I hope your education system can set up an inspection team to inspect the use of child labor in various places. The focus is on those children who are out of school. We The Renaissance Army doesn’t need to exploit children yet.”
"And these kids are the foundation for us to continue to be strong in the future."
"Yes, President, I understand that this is related to whether our Renaissance Army can continue to be strong. But President, our education funding will also be increased. Now that we have canceled free meals, some families will definitely not be willing to send their children to school. Even if We can use legislation to force it, but it’s not a long-term solution.”
"Minister Ning, the cancellation of free meals is based on the fact that the lives of ordinary people have improved. Even if the children go to school, the food and clothing of the family can be maintained. In the future, the largest increase in the cost of education will be the construction of school buildings and teachers' salaries."
Hearing what Dong Shuheng said, Ning Liwen felt moved in his heart.
Originally, he wanted to mention this matter, but the country is in a state of inception, and we will make do with whatever we can.
In many places, especially in rural areas, schools have been renovated into city god temples, earth temples, or ancestral halls.
Most of the teachers are former private school teachers.
The income of these private school teachers is not high to begin with.
However, the teachers managed by the Fuxing Army now are different from those in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.
Dong Shuheng managed the teachers in government-run schools according to the official model from the beginning.
They also have their own rating methods, just like those skilled workers, they have their own room for promotion and improvement.
Dong Shuheng wanted to break the closed cycle of studying and becoming an official for thousands of years.
Scholars can engage in scientific research, teach, or even become skilled workers. These professions have their own channels for advancement.
But the premise is that the income of these professions must be equal to that of officials.
Why did scholars in the past rush to become officials? It was not because officials had high incomes and high status, and they were a privileged class.
If teachers can also get the same privileges and income as officials, then this profession will attract more scholars.
But all this requires government investment.
"Well, President, let me first thank you for those frontline teachers."
"According to our approach, the school in a place must be a local landmark building, at least more grand than the government office. If you calculate it this way, it will cost a lot." Ning Liwen said, although Dong Shuheng said so, but
If the cost of implementing this matter is too high, other departments may also object.
That's why he carefully reminded Dong Shuheng that in fact, he felt that the school did not need to be built so well, as long as it was strong and durable.
But Dong Shuheng has always insisted that the school must be the best public building in a place.
He said officials can find a sheltered place to work, but children must study in spacious and bright classrooms.
In this way, the government wants the whole society to understand that educating the next generation is the most important thing.
If the government doesn't pay attention to it, will ordinary families pay attention to it?
In particular, ordinary people have a long-standing stereotype that it is necessary to send children to school only if they have the seeds of education. If the child at home does not seem to be suitable for studying, it is better to go home and work as soon as possible.
This kind of thinking will last for a long time.
So this matter still needs to be enforced by the government.
"Minister Ning, I know what you are worried about. Money is not an issue. The key issue is whether our domestic production can keep up. This involves economics. Maybe you don't understand it very well. Since I asked you this time
By enacting this bill, you are well prepared. In the next period of time, our focus will shift to internal construction."
"Our large-scale investment in railways has ended. The next step must be to focus on investment. The construction of school buildings in various places will be a key project in the next period of time."
"Of course, this is not all of our next work. We will also carry out other major projects, so you don't have to worry about other departments coming to obstruct it."
"Minister Ning, what you have to do here is to do two things. One is to send people to supervise the construction quality of school buildings in various places. The Ministry of Construction is responsible for the bidding of the project, but you are responsible for the acceptance. If you have any questions, you can go to the Ministry of Construction.
, but if something goes wrong after the inspection and acceptance, it will be your responsibility."
"The second thing is to review the qualifications of teachers. Since we need to have unified treatment in the future, people who are cheating will not be allowed. Of course, conditions can also be relaxed in some remote places."
Ning Liwen nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "Well, President, I understand that there are indeed many places without teachers, and the normal students we train are not willing to go to remote places such as grasslands and mountains. We have mobilized repeatedly to no avail.
"
"Then don't mobilize. You go back and mark out a remote area. From now on, all normal school graduates will have to go to remote areas to support for two years. The more remote the place they go, the better arrangements will be made when they come back.
Go to school."
Dong Shuheng snorted in his heart, everyone seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages. You cannot expect everyone to talk about dedication. If you want others to talk about dedication, it is best to clearly explain the future benefits.